Today on TAP: The committee can either put the party on record opposing those sales, or regurgitate Biden’s do-nothing policy.
Harold Meyerson
Harold Meyerson is editor at large of The American Prospect.
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The GOP States With Guards Deployed to D.C. Have Urban Murder Rates Way Higher Than D.C.’s
Today on TAP: New Orleans? Memphis? Baton Rouge? Jackson, Mississippi? Why aren’t their states’ Guards on patrol there?
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When L’État C’est Trump, the U.S. Goes in for State Capitalism
It’s Trump, not Mamdani, who’s having government take over businesses.
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On D.C.’s Busiest Streets, Trump’s Provocateurs Provoke
Today on TAP: ICE agents and federalized cops are now deliberately stationed where they can incite the most backlash.
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Trump: Now the Cops Can ‘Do Whatever the Hell They Want’
Today on TAP: In federalizing the D.C. police, Trump seeks some state-sponsored violence.
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Tariffs as War
Under Donald Trump, all policies have to be coercive. Hence, this week, his tariffs on the Swiss.
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The Mystery of Continuing Democratic Support for Offensive Arms to Israel
Today on TAP: Last week, 27 Democratic senators voted to ban such sales. But 17 voted to let them continue.
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Trump Makes His Move at the NLRB
Today on TAP: His new nominees come from the management side or—worse—are suffused with management’s ethos.
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What the Working Class Really Believes
A new study tracks the evolution of working-class beliefs, and those of more upper classes, over the past 65 years.
